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Talking to the moon: Europe pitches lunar satellites plan

The European Space Agency looks to put first satellite in orbit around the moon by 2024. /CFP The European Space Agency (ESA) presented a vision Thursday to put satellites in orbit around the

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Beijing, Wuhan airports cancel 498 flights because of bad weather

This undated photo shows a flight flying over the Beijing Capital International Airport. /CFPAirports in Beijing and Wuhan have cancelled 498 flights because of thunder

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'Nine minutes of terror' as China becomes second country to land on Mars

The Tianwen-1 vessel has landed in an icy area known as Utopia Planitia, about 1,200 miles away from America's Perseverance rover.

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What's this in the sky?

00:33 People spotted these bursts of light in the sky in southwest China's Guiyang. They're known as "red sprites" and are a weather phenomena caused by high-altitude electrical dischar

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24 solar terms in nature: Start of Summer

01:32 Start of Summer is the seventh of the 24 solar terms on the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar, marking the beginning of summer. When it arrives, heat increas

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M5.5 quake hits eastern Japan, no tsunami warning issued

A magnitude-5.5 earthquake struck parts of eastern Japan on Monday, prompting brief suspension of shinkansen bullet train services, the weather agency and the train ope

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Extreme weather kills 11 in east China's Nantong

00:21 Eleven people were killed and 102 others were injured after strong winds and thunderstorms hit Nantong City in east China's Jiangsu Province between 6 and 10 p.m.

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Extreme storm hits Eastern China

Unusual extreme weather in Nantong, China, on Friday caused 11 deaths and more than 100 injuries.Winds were so strong that an airplane was captured swirling around.Airport officials later said there

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SpaceX to make 1st US crew splashdown in dark since Apollo 8

From left: Expedition 64 Flight Engineers and SpaceX Crew-1 members Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker and Soichi Noguchi. /AP SpaceX this weekend will attempt the first U.S. splas

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London City becomes first major airport to control air traffic remotely

The move is a change for an industry where planes are generally instructed to take off and land by operators based in the airport.

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Clouds wrap mystical peaks of Mt. Huangshan

00:40 Mount Huangshan in east China's Anhui Province is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It literally means "Yellow Mountain" in Chinese. The peculiarly shaped peaks are i

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Mt. Huashan in NW China seen wrapped in clouds

00:40 Mount Huashan in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, regarded as one of the country's Five Great Mountains, offers one of the steepest hikes in the world. The sea

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Varying moods across London as COVID-19 restrictions lift

Click arrows to view gallery Moods seemed to vary across London Saturday amid easing lockdown restrictions in Britain. Some people in Soho, London opted to dine outdoors an

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Hundreds battle forest blaze in Sichuan's Liangshan

00:52 Hundreds of firefighters and trained auxiliary groups are battling a forest fire in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China's Sichuan Province.The b

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SpaceX aims for 3rd crew launch hour before Friday's sunrise

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft on board sits on the launch pad at Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center at sunset in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S.,

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Orca AI, which puts computer vision onto cargo ships, raises $13M Series A funding

Tel Aviv’s Orca AI, a computer vision startup that can be retrofitted to cargo ships and improve navigation and collision avoidance, has raised $13 million in a Series A funding, taking its total rais

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Hainan's largest fishing port transforms fishermen's lives

03:44 Sanya'sYazhou Central Fishing Port is the largest fishing port in south China's island province of Hainan. Opened in 2016, it is already playing a vital role in t